Chennai, Nov 14, : .Officials said that heavy rains in Tamil Nadu have hampered the vaccination drive against the Covid-19 pandemic, which was being carried out by the state’s health department.As rains have inundated many parts of Chennai since past Sunday, the vaccination drive has taken a beating and the state health department is planning mega vaccination camps to vaccinate those who are yet to take the first dose.Rains inundating many areas of Chennai this Sunday has caused a severe disruption to the vaccination drive.
The state health department is now planning massive vaccination camps to give the first dose to those who have yet to get it.
Also, many who were scheduled for their second doses of vaccine have also not inoculated themselves.Many who were due to receive their second dose of vaccine are not yet inoculated.
However, the mega vaccination camp on Sunday at 50,000 places is expected to raise the number of vaccines, said health department officials.
Officials from the health department said that the massive vaccination camp at 50,000 locations on Sunday is expected to increase the supply of vaccines.
The state health department is expecting 1.6 crore people to take the first dose of the vaccine by November end and vaccination camps are planned in such a manner to make this possible.The state health department expects that 1.6 crore people will receive the vaccine in November.Vaccination camps have been planned to make this happen.
According to state health department officials, in addition to the 1.6 crore people who are yet to take the vaccines, the state has 70 lakh people who are eligible for the second dose of the vaccine.Officials from the state health department claim that in addition to the 1.6 million people who have not yet received the vaccines, 70 lakh people are eligible for the second dose.
The number of vaccinations, however, picked up in the past two days with Friday recording 3.4 lakh vaccinations and Saturday having 3.5 lakh people getting inoculated.However, the number of vaccines has increased in the last two days, with Friday seeing 3.4 lakh shots and Saturday seeing 3.5 lakh people get vaccinated.
The rains and festivals have dampened the vaccination drive and the state would need to vaccinate 8.2 lakh people to achieve its target to vaccinate the whole population with the first dose of vaccine by November end.To reach its goal of vaccinating all the population by November, the state will need to have vaccinated 8.2 lakh people.
The state health department is planning to vaccinate 30 lakh people in mega vaccination drives.The state health department plans to vaccine 30 lakh people through mega vaccination drives.
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